European Parliament in Brusssel

On June 25 2008, we had a visit to EU Parliament in Brussel Belgium.

WiMAX versus 3G HSDPA, Holland case

WorldMax, a new internet connection provider in Netherland using WiMAX technology, is now providing Broadband Wireless connection to Amsterdam city. And may be for the whole Holland for the next few months.

On the other side, the existing 3G/HSDPA provider – Vodafone, T-Mobile, and KPN – already in the market providing the same service.

It is interesting to see which technology will win, WiMAX or 3G/HSDPA. For the current situation, 3G has advantages like coverage, handset support, and brand.

In Netherlands, Vodafone provides unlimited connection  using 3G handset only for 10 euro a month. Although it is only availabe for customers who already have a postpaid subscription, Vodafone gets a big share form this niche. Most of people who travel a lot prefer this service.

WorldMax also gives almost the same price. But there is no handset for WiMAX at this moment. So the target market for WorldMax is existing home internet connection. In Netherlands, almost all houses have their own internet connection. So WorldMax must use a brilliant marketing strategy to get a significant market share.

Do you think WorldMAx will make it ?

Les Blues .. you need to reform

EK.2008 or Euro 2008 was a really bad moment for France team. They were eliminated in the first round without winning any matches. It was very different with their performance in World Cup 2006.

It seems that France need to reform their team. New coach is a must. It it obvious that they have skilled player but they are less in tactics and team performance. Ribery, Malouda, Henry and Viera are among the great players. But they were unable to show their best performance during the game.

Toulalan is not a good choice for replacing Zinedine Zidane.

I think it would be better for France to use young talented player even though they are not popular rather than great names like Thuram and Makelele.